ARG TO BUILD KAJARAN-ARARAT GAS PIPELINE

ARMENPRESS
May 31 2007

YEREVAN, MAY 31, ARMENPRESS: The joint Russian-Armenian Armrosgazprom
(ARG) natural gas operator will spend 33 billion Armenian Drams this
year on construction of a new gas pipeline that will stretch from the
town of Kajaran in the southern province of Syunik to the province
of Ararat through the towns of Sisian and Jermuk.

The pipeline will bring Iranian gas to thermal power stations in
central Armenia.

The overall cost of this project is estimated at about 52 billion
Drams. The new pipeline will have 720 mm diameter and will stretch
197 km.

Shushan Sardarian, a spokeswoman for ARG, said ARG chairman Karen
Karapetian traveled lately across the pipeline’s route to see the
pace of the work on the ground.

The construction is commissioned by the ARG and is being carried out
by its Transgazshin firm and five other sub-contractors.